From the old-school bachateros like Frank Reyes, Raulín Rodríguez, and Blas Durán to modern artists like Romeo Santos, here are the best bachata songs.

A year ago, Billboard predicted the trends we would see over the course of 2022 and 2023 in Latin music — including more urban, pop, and bachata fusions. With a growing number of Latin artists ...

Hispanic Heritage Month: This Bachata Evolution Shows How ‘Music of the Barrios’ Changed the Game. Bachata had some of its challenging moments in from the ‘60s to the ‘80s because it was ...

Before it took over Latin dance halls worldwide, bachata arose from Dominican shantytowns as a kind of lower-class party music. Now, a recent CD and a series of concerts are bringing the genre's ...

“My bachata music was never what my grandma used to listen to,” he said with a laugh.. For “Double Vision,” which came out in July from RCA Records, Royce experimented in the studio with ...

For bachata singer J'Martin, the music part takes on a special meaning - he owns 31 supermarkets in . Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 64°F. Saturday, June 28th 2025 ...

Bachata music star Romeo Santos is shaking things up. March 3, 2012. By Chris Richards. On a Friday night late last month, Romeo Santos paces the stage of Madison Square Garden practically on tiptoe.

Jacki Lyden reads from listeners' letters. Topics include a correction on the origin of bachata music -- it's from the Dominican Republic -- and one listener's suggestion for the derivation of the ...

The self-proclaimed "King of Bachata" spoke after a record-breaking concert. On a warm Saturday night in September, 60,000 fans packed into the sold-out MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to see Romeo ...

Bachata is a genre undergoing a clear generational shift, demonstrated here by the banners advertising the pair of Latin radio stations sponsoring the show: La Mega 97.9, which focuses on urban ...

When Romeo Santos became the first Latino artist to sell out two consecutive shows at Yankees Stadium in 2014, it was clear he was a force to be reckoned with. Starting with his teenage days in ...

" ¿Donde están los Latinos? " the DJ yelled over the mic. " ¡Laaatiiinosss! ¡Laaatiiinosss! " His question, "Where are the Latin people," triggered a roar of shouts and cheers from hundreds in … ...